Finally! A car we can all get excited about.
A concept car with an impending future.
The Edison2 won the Automotive X Prize for a consumer-friendly car that could run for at least 100 miles on a gallon of fuel. The car dubbed the “Very Light Car No. 98,” is built by a team of motor engineers based in Lynchburg, Va.
Edison 2 founder and CEO Oliver Kuttner suggested that they opted for the more conventional design to keep consumer costs down but an electric version of the car could be in the pipeline.
Specifications
Weight : 800 lbs;
Top Speed: 100mph
Design: very aerodynamic
Engine: 1 cylinder, combustion
Fuel: E85, a gasoline-ethanol mix
Seating: 4 people
Range: 600 miles
The car had to meet very high performance standards to win the prize from the renowned X Prize Foundation.
The brief
To design and build a car with a fuel economy of 100 MPGe, a new acronym for a vehicle that gets “miles per gallon or energy equivalent.”
To pass Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
To seat four people.
The winning Very Light Car No. 98 is not an electric car as one might assume, but a very aerodynamic car with a combustion engine that runs on E85, a gasoline-ethanol blend, and has a total efficiency of 102.5 MPGe.
The prize
Edison2 will receive $5 million in Automotive X Prize money for winning the mainstream category of the competition.
And the admiration of the whole world.
For comparison – with top performance cars on the road:-
Toyota Yaris – gasoline-powered – 29 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway
Toyota Prius – hybrid – 51 mpg in the city, 48 on the highway.
Source – U.S. Department of Energy‘s Fueleconomy.gov
The results of the was officially announced 16 September 2010 in a ceremony held at the Historical Society in Washington D.C. and streamed live online by the X Prize Foundation, was reported early by the Associated Press.
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